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USER GUIDE
YOUR WAVEBAND
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Power button
LED status indicator
App controls* (ex. volume)
Charging terminals
Heart rate sensors
* only available with some party apps
GETTING STARTED
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STEP 1: DOWNLOAD THE MINDJA ™ HRV APP
Coming soon
STEP 2: FIT AND POWER ON WAVEBAND
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Waveband can be worn anywhere on your arm
LED will flash alternating RED/BLUE when waiting to pair
with App
STEP 3: LAUNCH THE MINDJA ™ HRV APP
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If promted to turn on Bluetooth, click ALLOW.
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Waveband will automatically connect to the Mindja™
App. (LED will flash PURPLE)
Let Mindja™ walk you through the Interview to personalize
and begin your training experience.
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HEART RATE VARIABILITY
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ABOUT
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Mindja™ is a Heart Rate Variability (HRV) training tool.
HRV training strengthens the Autonomic Nervous System
(ANS) much like physical training strengthens muscles.
Benefits of ANS strengthening via HRV training include
reduced stress, improved heart health, improved sleep
quality and many other physical and psychological
benefits.
BASICS
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Find a quiet environment with few distractions for training.
HRV can be controlled & trained through paced
breathing.
Perform the Mindja™ Breathing Assessment to get your
best breathing rate (resonant frequency (RF)), or you can
set your own rate during training.
Follow the breathing pacer to train your HRV and train
your ANS.
Train during free moments or as a break when stressed to
boost resilience.
Be relaxed & still during training as excessive movement
causes artifact that may invalidate results.
CONSISTENCY (TRAINING PROGRAM)
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HRV training can be performed daily, once or more times
per day.
Each session should be a minimum of 5 minutes.
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A total of 10 – 20 minutes should be performed at least
4-5 days per week.
Just like the gym, keeping a regular training schedule
maximizes benefits.
DEVELOPMENT/SUCCESS
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The History section of Mindja™ keeps session statistics over
time.
Measures of improvement include
Lower stress scores
Lower resting heart rate (to within medically
recommended range)
Higher resting RMSSD (change in time between
successive heart beats)
Higher scores in the Mindja game
Subjective feelings of calmness and more control over
stress
Improved sleep
GETTING TO KNOW MINDJA ™
MAIN MENU ICONS
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Baseline
Runs a 1-minute measurement
to obtain baseline statistics for
comparison to training
sessions.
This can be run and updated
periodically as you improve.
Breathing
Assessment
Runs a 7-minute paced
breathing assessment to
determine your personal ideal
breathing rate for training,
your personal Resonant
Frequency (RF).
Training
Runs a timed training session
providing a breathing pacer,
real-time physiology statistics
and graphical views of heart
rate and stress.
Game
Runs a Mindja™ game session.
A fun, interactive HRV training
session with an optional
breathing pacer, live
physiology statistics and game
challenge levels.
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History
Provides a historical view of
multiple data statistics
including current baselines
and session data (heart rate,
RMSSD, stress score, game
score)
Settings
Provides configurable
elements including user
demographics, user baseline
heart rate and stress score,
and personalized breath
pacer Resonant Frequency
setting.
SCREEN FEATURES
GENERAL USE FEATURES
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Mindja™ is set up for ultimate ease of use and
understanding. All information is easily accessible on every
screen, no need to flip in-and-out of help menus.
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Long press any ICON and Mindja pops out with useful
information.
Tapping the HEART, LUNGS or SMILEY icons will prompt the
display of the associated measurement prominently inside
the breath pacer circle.
Pop-outs inform about each screen as you experience
the app.
SCREEN DETAIL
Play/Pause
Hide/View screen graphics
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Set session time
General Settings
Stress score to beat. Keep stress below this number
to gain points and progress through levels
Breathing pacer controls.
Increase (+) or decrease (-) breathing rate
Main Display. Displays live data based on selection
of bottom button pressed:
Heart rate ( ), Breathing pace ( ), Stress ( )
Shows live/current stress score in Main Display
Shows current breathing rate setting in Main Display
Toggles between live Heart rate, R-R interval,
RMSSD and shows this data in Main Display
Current session time remaining
Breathing pacer. Inhale when increasing, exhale
when decreasing
Current session time progress. Graphic display of
percent of session time completed
Real time stress score tracked over past 1 minute
Real time heart rate tracked over past 1 minute
Main menu
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APP FLOW
1. WELCOME TOUR
Let Mindja™ walk you through a simple 4-step personalization
and get you started with your first training session.
1) INTERVIEW: A short series of interview questions to collect
relevant user information.
2) BASELINE: A 1-minute baseline measurement to obtain a
benchmark for training success comparisons.
3) PERSONAL BREATHING RATE: A 7-minute paced breathing
session to determine the user’s individual best breathing
rate for training, the users RESONANT FREQUENCY (RF).
4) TRAINING: A short training session letting the user
experience a HRV training session and explore screen tools.
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2. SELF-GUIDED USE
From the main-menu choose from Training or Game sessions
to improve your HRV, or run new baselines, review your history
or change settings.
BASELINE
BREATHING
ASSESSMENT
TRAINING
TRAINING SCREEN
GAME
HISTORY
SETTINGS
GAME SCREEN
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KEY TERMS
Baseline
A starting point measure providing multiple
HRV statistics used to show
progression/change over time. Compare
training session results to baselines to track
improvements.
Breaths per
The average number of breaths (inhalationminute
exhalation cycle) over a one minute
period. Used to set the speed of the
breathing pacer and guide breathing rate
during HRV training.
Heart rate
The speed of the heart beat displayed as
the average number of heart beats per
minute.
Heart rate
The variation in the time interval between
variability (HRV) heart beats measured by the changes in
the beat-to-beat interval. Inputs to the SA
node of the heart from the Sympathetic
and Parasympathetic nervous system are
main contributors to HRV.
R-R interval
The time elapsing between two
consecutive R-peaks (heart beats) in the
electrocardiogram (ECG). The changes in
these intervals are used to calculate HRV
metrics.
Resonant
The breathing rate that maximizes the
frequency (RF) oscillations in the heart rate and produces
maximum HRV. Breathing at ones RF
improves the effectiveness and benefits of
HRV training.
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RMSSD
Score
Stress level
Stress score to
beat
Root mean square of standard deviation of
R-R intervals (RMSSD) is a measure of HRV,
which reflects the function of the Vagus
Nerve-mediated control of heart beats.
Higher RMSSD is generally associated with
heart health and improved resilience and
lower mental and physical stress.
Number of points gained during a HRV
training session. Points are accumulated at
1, 2 or 3 points per second based on
comparing users current Stress Scores to the
Stress Score to Beat.
An indicator of mental or physiological
stress expressed as a percent (out of 100%)
derived from the RMSSD measure. Lower
scores reflect less stress in the nervous
system.
An automatically set Stress Score the User
must beat (get below) in order to score
points in Mindja training screens. This score
changes automatically (auto-thresholds) in
order to optimize the balance between
challenging the user and providing training
success.
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DATA QUALITY & SAFETY TIPS
W A V EB A N D
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Improper use of the Waveband or Mindja™ app may
invalidate heart rate measures and results.
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the band should be securely fit to the arm location and
not allow ambient light to enter
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arm movement during HRV training can induce artifacts
that may invalidate results
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large variations in heart rate during HRV training (for
example from movements or changing activities) may
cause invalid results.
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there may be delays in communication and display of
data when using many Bluetooth devices between the
time of the actual physiological phenomenon (ex. a
heartbeat) and the actual display of the data and
associated metrics on a device. This delay may at times
be apparent but effective training can still occur.
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If you feel light headed or uncomfortable, cease HRV
training, breathe normally and increase the breathing
pace to a comfortable level in future training sessions.
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Consult a physician if you have any history of cardiac
problems, have been warned of any possible cardiac
risk factors or feel uncomfortable with training.
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The Waveband and Mindja™ app are not medical
devices and neither product is intended nor should be
used for any medical diagnosis, treatment,
measurement, monitoring or decision-making.
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